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| Reworking the State Universities Retirement System |
IGPA has proposed a new hybrid retirement system for employees of public colleges and universities that would be partially funded by additional contributions from workers and the universities that employ them. Click here to read the full paper. The plan concentrates on the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) and is designed to reduce the state government’s payments into the system by billions of dollars over time. |
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:32am |
| Young Alumni Series to feature Stephanie Faraci of Provena-Resurrection Health |
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Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:57am |
| IGPA Researchers Find Way Out of Deficit, But Policies May be Too Tough for Struggling State to Handle |
Despite a large income tax increase implemented a year ago, economists remain skeptical that the long-term structural deficit issue will be resolved though current policies. New projections by IGPA experts found that a combination of tough policies could bring the state into fiscal balance by the end of the decade. |
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 1:27pm |
| Illinois' lowered rating: What does it mean? |
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 10:18am |
| Quinn's Three Year Budget Projection Takes Realistic Long View |
Jan. 10, 2012 _ The state’s fiscal challenges continue to loom large despite a significant income tax increase and spending cap implemented almost a year ago. During the first week of January, Governor Quinn’s Office of Management and Budget issued budget projection reports that take a look at the state’s fiscal trajectory over the next three years. |
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:06am |
| IGPA economist Don Fullerton elected VP of international association |
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Monday, December 5, 2011 - 1:56pm |
| Don't Bank on It: Discrimination in Business Credit Markets |
In the latest issue of IGPA's Policy Forum, scholars Cedric Herring and Loren Henderson examine Chicago's Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Program and discrimination in business credit markets. |
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 12:11pm |
| Two Members of Gov. Quinn's Staff to Speak at Young Alumni Series |
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 2:42pm |
| Alan K. Simpson Delivers the 2011 Douglas Lecture on Ethics in Government |
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:28am |
| IGPA's Don Fullerton looks at Cain's 9-9-9 plan |
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Monday, October 24, 2011 - 12:54pm |
On Monday, February 13 a young alumna who has worked her way to the top of health care advocacy in Illinois will share her story and inspire motivation at this semester’s first event in the Young Alumni Series: Illini in Government and Politics.
Jan. 11, 2012 _ Illinois' debt rating has taken another hit from a major credit-rating service. IGPA economist Richard F. Dye (left) examines the ramifcations of the latest setback for the state's fiscal health.
December 5, 2011_IGPA economist Don Fullerton has been elected vice president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Fullerton has been at IGPA since 2009 and also is the Gutsgell Professor of Finance at the Urbana-Champaign campus. His research focuses on energy and environmental policy issues. He also has done extensive research on taxation issues.
On Monday, November 14 at 7 pm at the Illini Union, two young alumni who have worked their way to the top of Governor Quinn’s staff will share their stories and inspire motivation at the third event in the Young Alumni Series: Illini in Government and Politics.
IGPA Professor Don Fullerton, a former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury, takes a look at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax code plan in a posting for the Center for Business and Public Policy's blog. 
